The independent candidates range from the experienced to the eccentric.

The candidates ranged from unknowns to well-known models to celebrities.

Their candidates range from unelectable to mad.

State records show that both candidates ranged wide in raising money.

The six major candidates running to succeed Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani ranged across the city yesterday in the final burst of politicking before the polls open today.

"McCain stands apart from the other Republican candidates for his competence on an array of foreign policy issues ranging from military strategy in Kosovo to the subtleties of diplomacy between China and Taiwan," the editorial said.

The candidates range in age from twentysomethings to sixtysomethings.

Their candidates ranged from "Ed's Redeeming Qualities" (the band said no) to "Ed's New Life" to, in a moment of panic, "Cheese Boy in the Big City."

Their candidates range from Mary Anne Krupsak, a former lieutenant governor, to Anita Maxwell, a farm organizer who once was honored by the American Dairy Association.

Five of these are near Earth-size, and the remaining 49 habitable zone candidates range from twice the size of Earth to larger than Jupiter.